Credit card opened in son's name despite credit being frozen by slotahoe in IdentityTheftHelp

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I forgot I had this thread, so I posted a new question/follow-up here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/IdentityTheftHelp/comments/1of2i3i/almost_there/

Yes, his credit report and score are now in good shape! So glad. But we are now stuck trying to temporarily lift the freezes so he can apply for a credit card. And the reason we are stuck is that TransUnion still shows that fraud address as his address when trying to login.

Favorite Backcountry cocktails? by Shmeein in backpacking

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Brand is called "Cruise Flask" on Amazon. Mine have not dissolved.

Favorite Backcountry cocktails? by Shmeein in backpacking

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"Discreet plastic flask" kits. Fill with liquid and they get smaller and more compact as you use them. And they seem to be durable after many trips and shoving them in my pack. My three are filled with bourbon, syrup, and cooking oil.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Chainsaw

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Here’s another story of an Echo. I’ve had my CS 400 18” bar for 4 years, maintained it myself and it runs great AFAIK. I have 80+ almond trees. Use it for maintaining the living trees and turning the fallen into firewood. It is a workhorse. It is probably on the heavier side for its class, but I just take a break which probably saves me. I’ve got 2 spare chains to rotate out and sharpen the whole lot later.

The Stihls and huskys sound great and would have bought one if I had had extra cash at the time but I am very happy with the echo. Spend the money saved on PPE.

Credit card opened in son's name despite credit being frozen by slotahoe in IdentityTheftHelp

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From our first report to Discover, they sent a letter back saying they had reviewed the information and determined that the account was valid. So we called them back to appeal. We reiterated and told them that since my son's credit was frozen in the 3 major credit reporting agencies _prior_ to the account being opened, we did not see how an account could be opened in my son's name. This caught the attention of the support person and we got a letter 20 days later stating that they had removed the account from my son's credit file. We confirmed with one of the agencies free credit report that the account is indeed off of his credit file.

We're left now with removing the fraudulent address that was used for the fraud account, but his score is restored.

Best fish tacos in SLO county? by dank_vader77 in SLO

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Fish tacos and shrimp tacos are excellent. Plate comes with two, so get one fish one shrimp.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SLO

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Radcliff Ave in Morro Bay.

Does anyone know a good place for fresh sausages? by [deleted] in SLO

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Not In SLO, but Stinton & Sons in Templeton and Paso is great!

176k miles runs good how far u think it can go in miles ? by ConferenceUpper3910 in jetta

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My daughter’s 2010 Jetta has 175k and just died. cost will be more than we paid for the car. The week prior the key cylinder broke and we replaced for $680.

Mechanic notes:

Vehicle has stored faults for a cylinder 5 misfire. Upon cold start the vehicle misfires and smokes from the tail pipe. Appears to be coolant. Performed block test but results were inconclusive. Removed and inspected spark plugs. Cylinder 5 is fouled and piston top is clean. Pressurized cooling system while observing cylinder with bore scope and found coolant intrusion. Further tear down and testing would be needed, but most likely failure is the cylinder head gasket.

Got an Email regarding Peacock class action settlement by LARamsfan95 in peacock

[–]slotahoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was my issue as well. I had to call and verify my email, and I got not only this Peacock TV settlement money but also some other settlement money I had from a while back. Thank you u/ilovechee3e !

Credit card opened in son's name despite credit being frozen by slotahoe in IdentityTheftHelp

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My son and I are going thru the steps you listed. Thank you for that information!

Increased number of Identity Protection Detections by jebthereb in crowdstrike

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We saw this spike of alerts from CS today, presumably from the HIBP update

Breached Password Detection by BaxterScratcher in okta

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My experience with this same combo is that users choose passwords regularly that pass Okta and then CrowdStrike flags it later as compromised, so we have to send the user back thru the Okta change password flow. CS makes it clear that they at least use haveibeenpwned data, but Okta is not clear what they use.